Condenser and feed-water heater.



E. WINHOLT.

CONDENSER'AND FEED WATER HEATER.

APPLIQATION FILED JUNE 13. 1912.

' Y Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

INVENIQH [I MM/107? entrain STATEd Parana ora ion,

EINA'B WINHDLT, or ALPHA, ILLINOIS.

CONDENSER AND FEED-WATER HEATER.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EINAR TVINHOLT, a subject of the Kingdom of Denmark,resid- 'ing at-Alpha, in the county of Henry and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Condensers andFeed-Water Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to combined condensers and feed water heaters andhas for its object to provide an improved condenser which is adapted tobe connected to the exhaust pipe ot-a steam engine for the purpose ofutilizing the escaping steam to heat the feed water.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent as thedescription proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation partly insection. Fig. 2 is a top plan view partly broken away.

Referring more specifically to the drawings 5 represents a condensercomprising a top 6 and bottom 7 having peripheral flanges 8 and 9respectively. A plurality of vertically arranged angle irons or plates10. ex tend between the top and bottom of the condenser and areconnected at their lower ends to bottom by bolts or other suitablefastening means 11 passing through flanges 12. These angle plates arepreferably arranged in the form of two concentric circles, each of theplates of the outer circle being secured to two of the lates of theinner circle by means of spacing bolts 13. The plates of each circleoverlap and are oppositely disposed with respect to the plates of theother circle, thus the vertical spaces 14 between the adjacent platesare more" or less 0bstructed for a purpose hereinafter described.

15 designates the exhaust pipe ofa steam engine v(not shown) projectingthrough the bottom of the condenser, and discharging centrally into thepartially inclosed' space within the concentric circles of angle plates10.

Cold water is fed to the condenser by means of a pipe 16 connected atone end toa suitable source of supply (not shown) and Specification ofLetters Eatent. Patented Feb. 11, 1913. Application filed June 13, 1912.

Serial No. 703,493;

at the other end to the'up'per end of a perforated pipe 17 the lowerclosed end of which is provided with a conical shaped deflector 18.

In operation the exhaust steam from the engine entering the condensercomes in contact with the air cooled angle plates 10,

condenses and drops down upon the bottom 7 and from there flows throughpipe 19 into the feed water tank for y the engine (not shown) anysurplusage escaping through overflow pipe 20. Simultaneously with theoperation just described the valve 21 in pipe 16 is automatically orotherwise operated to admit cold water to the perforated pipe 17. Thecold water spouts radially from the perforated pipe as will be readilyunderstood, cooling the steam and condensing plates 10 by contacttherewith and consequently great-1y facilitates condensation.

From the foregoing it will be apparent jacent plates of a circle beingspaced apart,

means connecting the top of the condenser with a supply of cold water,means connecting the bottom of thccondenser with the exhaust pipe ofa'stcam engine, and means connecting said bottom with a feed water tank.

2. ln :1 device of the character described, a condenser having a top andbottom and open sides, plates extending between said top and bottom,said plates having staggered air spaces therebetween, pipe connectionsbetween the bottom of the condenser and the exhaust pipe of a steamengine and with a In testimony whereof I aifix my signature feed watertank,& perforated pipe having its in presence of two witnesses, upperend extending through the top of the condenser and at its lower endprovided EINAR WINHOLT' with a conical deflector plate, and means forWitnesses:

introducing cold Water into said perforated H. 'S. BRINK,

pipe. W. T. S. HENDERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

\ 'Washington,]). 0.

